NGOs and Human Rights : Issues and Policies
Contents: Preface. 1. Non-governmental organization. 2. The historical origins of human rights. 3. NGOs and the human rights movement. 4. Governance for human development and NGOs. 5. Advocacy for laws, policies, practices and behaviour. 6. NGOs under international human rights law. 7. Kinds of anti-corruption activities and NGOs. 8. The role of NGOs in making human rights a reality. 9. Human rights, global markets: some issues and challenges. 10. The global compact and human rights. 11. Human rights and gender justice in India. 12. Human rights language paradox. Bibliography. Index
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term is usually used by governments to refer to entities that have no government status. Human rights are a product of a philosophical debate that has raged for over two thousand years within the European societies and their colonial descendants. This argument has focused on a search for moral standards of political organization behaviour that is independent of the contemporary society. In other words, many people have been unsatisfied with the notion that what is right or good is simply what a particular society or ruling elite feels is right or good at any given time. The aim of this is to provide teachers, students and laymen interested in NGOs and human rights with clear, concise and correct definitions and descriptions of the human rights terms, throughout. (jacket)
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term is usually used by governments to refer to entities that have no government status. Human rights are a product of a philosophical debate that has raged for over two thousand years within the European societies and their colonial descendants. This argument has focused on a search for moral standards of political organization behaviour that is independent of the contemporary society. In other words, many people have been unsatisfied with the notion that what is right or good is simply what a particular society or ruling elite feels is right or good at any given time. The aim of this is to provide teachers, students and laymen interested in NGOs and human rights with clear, concise and correct definitions and descriptions of the human rights terms, throughout. (jacket)
